Pumice

Title

Pumice

Identifier

HA-5

Description

Hand Sample: Glassy, dark gray, vesicular pumice. The sample contains many small pieces of the pumice, ranging from 0.03cm to 1.5cm in diameter. Chunks of glassy pumice and volcanic ash compose sample.
No Thin Sections of this sample

Date

Sample collected January, 1969

Contributor

Western Minerals

Spatial Coverage

SE of main vent of Kileau Volcano - Island of Hawaii

Temporal Coverage

Samples represent February 13, 16, and 18 eruption, 1960.